Yellowball & Blackball: Eyeball Brewing Company’s First Lagers

Edinburgh has a new brewery in the shape of Eyeball Brewing which is owned by James Dempsey.

He is launching with two new lagers: Yellowball, a golden malty lager; and Blackball, a dark lager full of coffee and chocolate flavours.

He says, “It’s great to be a beer drinker in the UK right now. Small breweries have driven a renaissance in traditional British ales and a wave of innovation inspired by the US craft beer revolution (funny how we have a renaissance and they have a revolution).

He says, “It’s great to be a beer drinker in the UK right now. Small breweries have driven a renaissance in traditional British ales and a wave of innovation inspired by the US craft beer revolution (funny how we have a renaissance and they have a revolution).

He continues, “There are some good new lagers out there. But still, lager looks a poor relation at this exciting time for the whole beer family. Eyeball Brewing has been set up with the aim of doing something about this.

“What can lager be? That’s the question I’m setting out to answer. I want big, clean flavours. I want to showpiece the king of the brewing ingredients – the malt. That’s what lagers do best.”